[Hamara-devel] Raspberry Pi Zero Costs 5$

[Vikas Tara]

On 26/11/15 13:07, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Quoting Gurvinder (2015-11-26 13:35:07)
>> http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/raspberry-pi-zero-is-a-tiny-computer-that-costs-just-5-770274
> Interesting.
>
> Seems built around same SoC as previous Raspbeery Pi models, which means
> it it requires non-free binary blob to even boot.
>
> Also, it comes without ethernet and no builtin USB hub, making it
> comparable not with Debian-supported and blob-free boards like OLinuXino
> LIME2, but rather the Rikomagic MK802 (available for more than a year,
> apparently at ~5$ nowadays).
>
The RPI foundation have seem to have a better budget for reaching the 
press :)

Am with you on the binary blob front, why on earth would they want to do 
that..

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